Quilting-frame.



G. BALT-0N.

QUILTING FRAME. `APPLIGA'IION FILED JUNE 2, 1911.

Patented J an. 9, 912.

G. DALTON.

. QUILTING FRAME.

ArPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 2-, 1911.

Patented Ja11.9,1912.

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' A v 340.1 oi G. D0 /onWt GILBERT DALTON, 0F OGLESBY, TEXAS.

QUILTING-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

Application filed June 2, 1911. Serial No. 630,794.

To all whom fit 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT DALTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oglesby, in the county of Coryell and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames, ofwhich the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in quilting frames and the leadingobject of my invention is the provision of an improved quilting framewhich may be readily secured in position in a room and which will serveto hold the quilt in desired stretched position while permitting of theready lifting of the frame from place to place.

A further object of my invention is the provision of an improvedquilting frame which may be readily assembled or taken apart and foldedinto small space, which frame shall be provided with improved readilyadjustable rollers for supporting the quilt and for moving to adjust theposition of the quilt and expose any desired portion thereof.

Another object of my invention is the provision of an improved means forsupporting the quilting frame to permit of ready access to all parts ofthe quilt and permit of the shifting of the quilt or of the frame asdesired which supporting means shall be readily adjustable.

Other objects and advantages of my improved quilting frame will bereadily apparent by reference to the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understoodthat I may make any modications in the specific lng an inwardlyprojecting lug 26 litting 'into the groove around the neck 24 to ventwithdrawal of the sleeve from the structure shown and described withinthe scope of my claims without departing from or exceeding the spirit ofthe invention.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the guide tracks and supportstherefor. Fig. 2 represents an end view of my quilting frames. Fig. 3represents a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4 represents a sectionalview on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents an enlarged detailedview of the bearings. Fig. 6 represents a detailed view of the capsleeve for the rollers. Fig.- l7 represents a sectional view on the line7-7 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 8 represents a sectional view on the line 8-8 ofFig. 2.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the wall of the room in whichmy frame is used, one of said walls having secured theret0 the brackets2 having the projecting lugs 3 to which are secured one end of the trackwires 4, while to the other wall is secured the brackets 5 bearing thesheaves 6 over which the other ends of the trackwires pass. The freeends of the trackwires are secured to the cross bar 7 engaged'upon thethreaded rods S'which has rotatably secured at one end the head plate 9bearing against the wall 1, the other end of the rod bearing the crank10 for turning the rod the turning of the rod moving the bar 7 outwardto stretch the wires 4, braces 11 being secured to the bar 7 and to thecollar- 1.2 riding upon the rods 8 to strengthen the bar.

The tracks 4 serve as supports for my im# proved quilting frame, saidframe comprising a pair of end members of similar con-` structionconnected by the rods or roller bars 13. The ends of my frame comprisethe beams14 having reduced ends centrally connected by the bolts 15 andhaving longitudinally extending slots 16 formed vin their outer ends.Slidably engaged in the slots 16 of each of the beams 14 is the bearingblock 17 -having the anges 18 bearing against the sides of the beam.Mounted in the slots 16 exterior to the bearing block 17 is a secondbearing block 19 having flanges 20 bearing against the'sides of the beamand having a semicircular recess 21 in its inner face to form inconnection with the recess 22 of the bearing block 17 'a round bearingfor the rollers 13. The rollers 13 each have secured on their ends themetal sleeves 23 having the Ireduced necks 24 and terminating in thesolid ends 25, said sleeves fitting within the bearing recess, and thebearing block 19 havprebearing recess.

To force the bearing block 19 inward to cause it to firmly engage thesleeve 23 and retain the same in position, while permitting of theoutward movementof the bearing block when it is desired toremovethe'sleeve, I form in the block 19 the socket 27 in which ismounted the coil spring 28 having oneend bearing against the base of thesocket and the other end bearing against the plate 29 which is securedto the outer end of the beam 14 and forms a closure for the slot 16. Topermit of the ready outward movement of the block 19 when desired, Isecure to the block 19 within the recess 27 the rod 30 around which thespring 28 is coiled, said rod extending outward through the slot 31 inthe plate 29 and having its other end pivoted to the lever 32 which ispivotally secured near its lower end to the plate 29. It will thus beseen that the rocking of the lever 32 on its pivot serves to draw theblock 19 outward against the force of the spring 28 until the lug 26 ismoved out of the grooves surrounding the neck 24E. The plate 29 isprovided with the outwardly and reversely bent flanges 33 between whichthe lever 32 is disposed, said lever having a bifurcated or yoke shapedlower end 34 lying beneath the flanges, and fitting under the flangesand held in adjusted position by the engagement of the ends of theportion 34: of the lever are the toothed plates 35 bearing at theirlower ends the bracket-s 36 in which is pivoted the grooved wheel 37which rides on the guide-wires 4 the movement of the lever to shift theblock 19 outward also causing its lower end to disengage the plates 35to permit of their withdrawal from beneath the flanges 33. a l

To lock the sleeve 23 and thus the rollers 13 against rotation to permitof thestretching of the quiljJ therebetween, I secure on the sleeve 23the ratchet wheels 38, while secured to the inner bearing blocks 17 arethe blade springs 39 which serve as pawls to engage the ratchet wheelsand prevent their rotation inwardly while allowing of the outwardrotation of the ratchet wheels, the said spring pawls thus allowing ofthe ready tightening of the rollers and locking the same in tightenedposition.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings,the constructionv of my improved quilting frame will be readilyunderstood, and it will be seen that I have provided av simple andeiiicient device of this character by the use of which the quilt may bereadily secured in desired position or may be shifted along the trackwires to different parts of the room and by the use of which the quiltcan be readily stretched for quilting.

I claim:

1. A quilting frame, comprising beams having a slot at their outer ends,a bearing block slidably mounted'in the slot and provided with a bladespring projecting therefrom, a second bearing block slidably mounted inthe slot, said bearing blocks having recesses formed in their adjacentfaces to probeam spaced from the first, said latter beam 4,

being also formed with slots at its-ends, separable bearings slidablymounted in the slots of the beams, plates secured to the ends of thebeams for closing the slots, rollers connecting the beams and providedwith reinforced endsl fitting into the bearings, springs having one endbearing against the outer members of the bearings and the other againstthe said plates for retaining the bearings in position, levers pivotedto the plates, connections between the levers and the bearings forshifting the bearings against the tension of the springs, and rollerbearing brackets carried by the plates and locked in position by thesaid pivoted levers.

3. An end section for quilting frames, comprising a slotted beam, aninner half bearing slidably mounted inthe slot of the beam, an outerhalf bearing slidably mounted inthe slot exterior to the inner them inposition, brackets formed at they lower ends of the plates, and agroovedwheel rotatably supported by the brackets.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

in the presence of two witnesses.

\ GILBERT DALTON.

Vitnesses: j

JOHN M. CASEY, I-I. D. EDWARDS.

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Washington, D. C.

